Holl, who has been in his post at Scottish Athletics for four years, is sure "we'll see them in championships moving forward".

Muir, 21, and Potter, a year older, were in British vests in Zurich. Muir did not make the final of the 1,500m while Potter finished 14th in the 10,000m race.

Scottish and British athletics need a bit of a kick-start and this is it

Chris O'HareEuropean 1,500m bronze medallist

"The clubs are doing a stunning job with young people across Scotland who want to get into athletics," Holl told BBC Scotland.

"That's where Lynsey, Eilidh and Chris started out, joining the likes of Edinburgh AC or Pitreavie Athletics Club.

"There are young people joining athletics clubs across Scotland today who have the potential to be the next Chris O'Hare or Eilidh Child and we've got a thousand of them in Aberdeen next weekend at the Junior National Championships.

"When you see the strength of the sport at that level I know the future is very positive."

Holl praised Child and Sharp for the way they had handled the pressure of performing in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, where each won silver.

"They are all doing a fantastic job. They delivered [at Hampden]. They then had less than 10 days to go and perform in Zurich and they did it again on the world stage at the European Championships.

"That is so impressive and it is optimistic for the future."

Holl likened O'Hare's surge for the line in the 1,500m in Zurich to the feats of Seb Coe, saying the West Linton athlete's bronze medal was "well deserved".

O'Hare says receiving his bronze medal from Seb Coe added to the emotion of the occasion in Zurich

The runner himself said it was "really cool" to have received his medal from Coe, and that it added "a bit of extra emotion to the already emotional experience".